Tent-stake.



PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

A ROUNSBURG.

TENT STAKE.

' APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 17,1905.

Attorneys Witnesses i citizen of the United ANTON ROUNSBURG, or LEWELLENJNEBRASKA.'

,TENT-STAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed June 17, 1905. Serial No. 265,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON RoUNsBURo, a

States, residing at Lewellen, in the county of Denel and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Tent- Stake, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to pins or stakes for driving into the ground and capable of use for various purposes, but more particularly forsupporting the guy members of tents and for similar purposes, and has for its object to produce a simply-constructed device of this class wherein anchor members will be forced into the ground laterally by the strain of the guy members.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear'as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted b like designating characters, is illustrate the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the p inci 1c of the invention or sacrificing any of its a vantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the improved devices with the anchor members withdrawn. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation with the anchor members protruded. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail illustrating the construction more fully.

The improved device may be employed for any purpose where a strong pin or stakeis required for holding guy members of various -kinds and where a constant strain'is applied, such as tent-pins, to which use the improved device is more particularly applicable; but it,

will be understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto.

For the pur ose of illustration the device is shown applie to a tent-pin of suitable size. The improved structuremomprises a stock 10, pointed at one end 11 for driving into the ground, and preferably withthe other end contracted, as at 12, to form a driving-head to receive the impact of the driving implement. A longitudinal aperture 13 is formed 'in the stock and terminates in a recess 14 near the pointed end, the recess openin through one side of the stock and provide with a sheet-metal cover 15. Extending laterally from the recess 14 are apertures 16 17, inclining upwardly and sides of the stock. Movably disposed in the longitudinal aperture 13 is a rod.l'8,-havin means, such as a hook 19, at the upper en exteriorly of the stock for connecting the guy I members (indicated at 20) and at the lower end to two oppositely-extending anchor members 22 ,23, the latter resting withinithe recess 14 and the lateral apertures 16 17 when the rod 18 is depressed, as in Figs.

1 and 3 and in dotted lines .in Fig. 2 and protruded in op o'site directions from the stock when the ro is drawn upward by the strainof the guy member, as. represented inffull lines in Fig. 2.

is driven into the ground with the anc members withdrawn the-latter offer no resistance to the drivin but'when the uy members are connectec to the rod 18 an an upward strain applied the anchor members are caused to protrude into the ground adjacent to the pin by their contact with the upwardly and outwardly inclined walls of the lateral apertures 16 17, and thus efi ectually prevent the withdrawal of the pin. The resistance of the pin is thus reatly increased and without adding materia ly to the weight or rendering it cumbersome. Whenthe pin is to be removed from the ground, the rod 18 is forced downward, which will cause the withdrawal of the anchor members, and thus leave the pin free to be withdrawn in the usual manner.

The device can be readily or stakes of any required size an able material.

of any suit- It willbe noted that in the novel 'struc.- I ture herein shown and described the pinis' 1pc firmly held from longitudinal movement by the laterally-protruding anchor members and effectually resists all .upward strains from whatever cause applied either to the stock of 'the pin or to the rod 18. It will also be m5 noted that upward strain upon the stock will have no effect upon the anchor members to cause their withdrawal, but the latter' can 'be withdrawn only by a reverse movement 1r0 upon the rod 18.

opening through the pivoted at 21 By this simple arrangement when the pin a p(pl1ed to pins Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is IVA device of the class described (1011b prising a stock for driving into the ground and having transverse apertures near the lower end a rod for movement longitudinally driving into the ground and provided with I longitudinal aperture opening through the upper end an transverse apertures transsecting the longitudinal aperture near its lower end, a rod for movement in said longitudinal aperture and having means at one end for connecting the guy IIlOIIllJGlS thereto, and anchor members pivoted to the lower end of said rod and seated withinsaid apertures when the rod is depressed and protruding through said transverse apertures when the rod is extended.

3. A device of the class described comprising a stock for driving into the ground and havipgacontracted upper end. and transverse apertures near the lower end, a rod for movement longitudinally through said stock and having means at one end for con meeting the uy members, and anchor members pivoted to the opposite end of said rod for protruding through said trz'msverse apertures when said rod is moved upwardly.

4. A device of the class described com prising a stock for driving into the ground and provided with a recess in one side near to the lower end of said rod for protruding through said transverse apertures when the rod is moved upwardly.

5. A device of the class described cornprising a stock for driving into the ground and provided with a longitudinal aperture and upwardly-inclincd lateral apertures intersecting said longitudinal aperture, a rod mounted for movement in said longitudinal aperi ore and having means at the upper end for connecting to the guy members, and curved anchor members pivoted at their inner ends to the lower end of said rod for protruding through said inclined transverse apertures when the rod is elevated.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own A have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

A; TON ROLNSBURG. \Vitnesses:

T. W. CAMPBELL, F. L. Mniinvs. 

